Bribetaking

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The acceptance of bribes. uncountable

    "My readers will bear in mind, that the “miscreant” has since been convicted and dismissed, for bribetaking and malversation of office, in the cases, which were transmitted by Colonel Outram, and quashed by the said minute!"

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"My readers will bear in mind, that the “miscreant” has since been convicted and dismissed, for bribetaking and malversation of office, in the cases, which were transmitted by Colonel Outram, and quashed by the said minute!"

Etymology

From bribe + taking.

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